Cigar tip or mouthpiece



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v Patentecl June 15, 1937 UNITED' STATES 'PATENT .OFFICE In my priorPatent No. 2,075,493, granted March 30, 1937 I have discloseda novelform of cigar tip the purpose of which is to permit a cigar to be Smokedin the same manner as an ordinary cigar providing, however, a dry smoke.The object of the present invention is to improve the aforesaid tip ormouthpiece.

The device of the aforesaid application comprlses a thimble-shaped capof thin, flexible ma-- terial which is snugly fitted upon the butt' endof a. cigar in such a manner as to leave a definite chamber or pocketwithin the device beyond the end of the cigar. Any liquids that aregenerated from the materials of the cigar, during smoking,

collect in this little chamber or pocket and are not drawn into themouth of the smoker. In this prior device the smoke outlet is simply ahole cut in the center of the closed end of the cap or thimble. It isconce-ivable that at some time being Smoked, it will be held in .a.moreor less upright position so that' any liqu'd that may be found in thepocket can escape through the smoke outlet. One of the objects of thepresent invention is to provide a trap which will prevent the escape,through the smoke outlet, of liquid contained in the pocket in thelargest'quantity thatis apt to be found there, even though the cigar beheld upright with the tip pointing down.

It is also highly desirable that means be provided positively to preventthe tip or mouthpiece from being slipped too' far upon the cigar andthus destroy the free space or pocket. A further object of the presentinvention is to insure the presence of an effective stop means in atipor cap of very thin, flexible material.

'Tips of this kind may Conveniently be made from rubber and, viewed inone of its aspects, the

present invention may be said to have for its obi 40 .l ct to devise anovel and eficient method of producing such tips from rubber.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but,

for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects andadvantages, reference may be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

Flgure 1 is a side elevation of the butt end of a cigar having one of myimproved caps or tips applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.1 except that the cap or tip is shown in central longitudinal section;and Fig. 3 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of a.form upon during the period which elapses while a cigar is which a tipmay be produced by molding, by dipping the form into a liquid bath, orotherwise.

Referring to Fgs. 1 and 2, I represents an elongated cap or thimblewhose walls are very thin i and'fiexible and, preferably, elastic. Thematerial of the cap is such that when the cap is formed with a short,abrupt contracted neck portion 2 that provides'an internal annular rib,as

illustrated, this shape will be retained indefinitely. The neck portion2 is near the end wall of the cap so as to provide the desired smallchamber or po'cket 3 between the end Wall and the rib or, rather,between the end wall and the end of a cigar X abutting against the rib.V

The end wall 4 of the cap er tip is dishe-d inwardly so as to have a,frusto-conical shape as viewed from the open end of the cap; the smokeoutlet being at the smaller base of the frustum `of a cone.- The resultis that when the cap or tip stands upright, a substantial 'quantity ofliquid may be poured into the same before it will begin to flow throughthe smoke outlet. The smoke outlet may Conveniently be through` a shortsleeve or tube 5 integral with the end wall. This tube or sleeve mayproject outwardly and serve as a stiening for the thin end wall aroundtheopening in the latter.

The cap or tip may be manufactured from rubber or other suitablematerial. In manufacturing the cap or tip from material which initiallyis liqu'd or plastic, such material may be shaped' about a form such asindicated at A in Fig. 3; this form having therein an annular groove Bcorresponding to the contracted neck portion of the product tobeproduced, and having a concave end face C corresponding to the dishedwall 4 of the cap. Projecting from the center of the concavity C, andcoaxial with the body of the form, there may be a pin D whose diameteris equal to the desired diameter of the smoke outlet in the cap or tip.

When, for example, it is desired to make a rubber cap or tip by thedipping process, the form A may be dipped a number of times into anyusual or suitable body of liquid rubber or rubber composition; therubber or rubber composition collecting upon the form and following thecontour thereof in the manner of a thin skin. The rubber material alsoforms a sheathing for the pin D, which sheathing, when the cap or tip isstripped from the form, constitutes a little tubular tall closed at thefree end as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This tail may besevered as close .to or as far from that part of the wall 4 immediatelyadjacent thereto as may be desired; thereby producing a smoke outlet ofdefinite, predetermined diameter. The tip shown in the drawing is in'detail similar to one made from rubber by the dipping process. It willbe seen that the angle between the tube and the wall 4 has been filledwith rubber in the process of manufacture, thereby reenforcing thetrap-forming end wall of the cap even though no tubular projectionshould be retained.

Since rubber and other flexible waterproof materials that are suitablefor the manufacture of my improved caps or tips tend to become slipperywhen wet, I prefer to roughen the external surface of the cap or tip inany suitable manner, so that even if the cigar be not firmly grippedbetween the teeth of the smoker, it will not be less securely supportedthan would an ordinary, untipped cigar under the same conditions.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a cap. or tip for a cigarwhich permits a cigar to be Smoked in exactly the same way as a plaincigar, without the smoker being conscious of the presence of anyattachment or addition to the cigar; but with the result that the smokewill be a dry one and that the smoker is not also chewing tobacco whilesmoking. This is of course due to the thickness and flexibility of thecap, tip or mouthpiece, including the part that projects rearwardlybeyond the butt end of the cigar, the means for positively insuring thepresence of a definite chamber or pocket for the collection of liquids,and the provision of the trap which makes it practically impossible forliquids to escape through the smoke outlet. It should be noted thatwhile there may not be condensed a large amount of liquid from thevapors evolved during smoking, 'more or less saliva is apt to enter thetip through the smoke outlet. In the latter case the free space orpocket within the tip may well contain an appreciable quantity of salivamixed with nicotine or other tobacco derivatives, and thus make itimportant that the mixture be effectively trapped.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only asingle'preferred form'of my invention, I do not desire to be limited tothe exact structural'details thus illustrated and described; but intendto cover all 'forms and arrangements which come within the definitionsof my inven'tion constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A mouthpiece for a cigar, comprising a thimble-like cap of thin,fiexible material, the end wall of the cap having a central smoke outletand being dished inwardly to produce a trap in the form of a shallowfrustum of a cone of large angle around the smoke outlet to preventsmall quantities of fluid in the cap from escaping through the smokeoutlet even when the cap is held open end up, and stop means in the capto limit the entrance of the cigar into the cap'.

2. A mouthpicce for a cigar; comprising a thimble-like cap of thin,fiexible material shaped to form an internal annular bead a shortdistance from the end wall of the cap and having its interiorunobstructed from the bead to the open end of the cap, said end wallhaving a central smoke outlet therein and being dished inwardly aroundsaid outlet to form a shallow frustum of a cone of large angle in theinterior of the cap.

3. A mouthpiece for a cigar, comprising a thimble-like cap of thin,flexible material having a central smoke outlet in the end wall, saidend wall being dished inwardly around said outlet, and anoutwardly-projecting short sleevelike stifiener around said outlet andintegral with said wall.`

4. The combination with a cigar, of a thimblelike cap of thin, flexiblematerial fitted over the butt end of the cigar, means in the cap holdingthe end wall of the cap spaced apart from the cigar end providing a freespace or pocket in the cap beyond the cigar, and said end wall having acentral smoke outlet and being dished inwardly in the shape of a shallowfrustum of a cone of large angle around said outlet to form a trap toprevent the escape through the outlet of liquids that may-collect insaid free space or pocket.

5. A moutlipiece or tip for a cigar, comprislng a thimble-like cap ofthin, flexible materiaL'the end wall of the cap being in the shape of atrustum of a cone whose smaller base projects into the interier of thecap, the material of said end wall being much thicker at the smallerbase of the cone than is the wall in the body of the cap,

and there being a smoke outlet through such

